Cyril Was Sitting in the Hallway Outside His Chemistry Class

Multiple Choice

Cyril was sitting in the hallway outside his chemistry class.Some students said they thought they could smell smoke, but Cyril didn't smell anything unusual.When they all checked the lab to see if there were any problems, everything was fine and nothing was burning.Based on signal detection theory, the fact that Cyril didn't smell any smoke would be considered:

A) a hit
B) a miss
C) a correct rejection
D) a false alarm